The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-08 00:00:00

OAYLL ITALIAN °PEE, A, Covent-garden. - Last Week but Three. :Mile. Adelina Patti ; Signori Ronconi, Faure, and Mario. To-morrow Evening, (Saturlay), July 9, will be performed, for the 2d time this season, Donizetti's favourite opera, in two acts, L'ELIIR D'AMORE. Adina, Mdlie. Adelina Patti; Dulcamara, Signor Ronconi ; Eelcore, M. Faure, his second appearance in that character; and Nemorino, Signor Mario, his second appea:anco in that character these eight years. Conductor, Mr. Coga After which the Divertis,setnent, L'lle Enchanter. Sup ported by Mdllc. Salvioni, Mdfle. Carmine, Mane. Navarre, Mdllc. Assunta, M. "Desplaces, and Mr. W. H. Payne. Commence at half past Eight. "!.. ) it tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre stalls, 103. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre:2s. 6(1. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-odce under the portico of the theatre, which is open from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and librarians '. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- •ILI) Sole Lessee and Blana..e - Mr. Geo. Vinin'r THIS EVENING-, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'Hallerty,llr. Dominick Murray. After which. the new play by John Oxenford, Esq., THE MONASTERY OF Sl'. JUS Messrs. Vining, H. Mars ton, J. Nelson, J. W. Kay, H. 31ellon, W. Robins, Seyton, haprnan ; Mrs. 11. Marston, and 3ldlle. Stella colas. NEW THE ATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHI..-• dale Proprietor and MansENT, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, SHAKSPERE'3 HOUSE. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. R. Phillips. After which, JANET PRIDE : ISlessrs. B. Webster, J. L. Took, P. Bedford, Stuart, Stephenson, Romer ; Miss NI , oolgar, Miss Denman. Followed by THE AREA BELLE w ith a Norrible Tale: Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, A. lic>raerMiss Woolgar, and Mrs. S. Lewis. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion. Beengagement of those ce ebrai:ed and popular artistes, Mr. an Mrs. Charles Mathews. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names or Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. ,F. iiobinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. J. Johnstone; Miss ILrbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss fanny Josephs, Miss P a tti J osephs, Miss Wentworth, Mrs. Sttning„ anu Mrs. Chas. Mathews. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLDTIIING, Mrs. S [ irinag, Mr. J. Clarke, and Mr. F. Robinson. At f, the Combo Dram. of USED UP. Messrs. C. Mathews, Ashley, J. Johnstone, Montague, W. Chamberlaine ; Miss Patti Josephs, and M: s. Frank Sl atthews. At 10, LITTLE TODDLEKINS, Mr. Charles Mathews, ldr. and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with BRISTOL DIAMONDS. Mr. and Mrs. Frank 3latuews, Mr. Ash cy, Miss Wentworth. On Saturday, July 0, wII be produced FAUST AND MAW-WERT ELL An Im-morality, by F. C. Burnan.i, Eig., in which Mr. and 311 s Charles Atatuews will appear. 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Messrs. JAY, therefore, invite their numerJus patrons to take advantage of the stock they have on hand, which they can now dispose of on favour able terms ; but the same qualities will naturally b, more costly as the price a silk fluctuates to a higher average JAY'S, 217, 210, and 251, Regent-street. COALS. —The LILLES HAL L COMPANY'S COALS, Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 239. per ton. I Double.. 20s. per ton. Top 225. „ Deep 2ls. „ Well screened and delivered within live miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and .1.7, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Cole Terms cash. JOHN* SCOTT, Sole Agent. T ' E THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENTE, be had Every evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGE 7.1 T, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather--Sun Office, July 8, 1864.. THEE73O3IETE This day at Two o'clock 6O Barometer-30.C6. WIND —N.W. ; moderate breeze and fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAv.—Morainz, 4h. 44m.--Afternoon, 4h. 58m. Eci-moitaow.-Morning, ltin.—Afternoon, sh. 35m. " s un , LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1364. " TaE INSOLENCE OF OFFICE' has never been more flagrantly illustrated than it was last evening in the House of Commons by her Majesty's Got vernment. Ministers are, to all appearance, reso lately bent upon completing their career to a nicety. They are rounding it to a point. Having brought disgrace upon England by their Foreign Policy— they have now, so far as in them lies the power for so doing, brought disgrace upon the House of Com mons by their mode of conducting its discussions. The scene which took place last night in the lower House of Parliament was simply disgraceful. And the originators of it from first to last were the lead ing members of the Administration. Elsewhere, the full particulars may be turned to and examined by themselves. And, when they have been so examined, we are vastly mistaken indeed if the opinion pronounced thereupon by every unprejudiced observer, is not in every parti cular directly adverse to the Leaders of the Goa vernment. Against them, their own Speaker, the Liberal Speaker, Mr. DENISON, has pronounced quite unmistakeably. And yet—shameful to relate —the aged Leader of the House of Commons, the Prime Miniiter of England, actually took upon himself to contend against the reasonableness of the decision of the Speaker of the House of Commons upon a point of order—and was abetted in that act of insubordination by the right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It is not many months since Lord PALMEE.STON had to be taught what was really his duty as Leader of the House by— of all people in the wide world !—the Leader of the Opposition. We assert this, within the recollection of the House itself, as to what took place. And —now —outelleroding HEROD—surpassing even himself in flagrant contravention of the simplest rules of the H ouse o f C o mmons—the Leader of the H ouse o f Commcus,the Prime Minister of England, no official less emin en t than Viscount PALMERSTON himee!f, out rages all sense of decerleY by contending against the deliberate decision o f the Speaker upon a Point or Order. A little more than a week ago Lord PAL MER3TON Was "hooted" down while addressin g the House in expla nat i on of what was likely to be, according to his view of things, the future of the Foreign Policy of England under his government ! That he absolutely was "hooted"—siee the plain matter of fact statement of the Liberal Spectator of Saturday last. And now, last night, Lard FAL MEItSTON, by his extraordinary ladt.eorum in opposing the decision of the Right Itoo. the Speaker -- upon a point ofOder—was greeted by cries of " Order, order !" " Chair, chair cries so long, 30 genera!, and so reiterated i n accents of indignation, that his remarks became at last inaudible ! Yet, immediately afterwards, the Chancellor of the Exchequer did precisely the same —being thereupon likewise met by stormy cries of "order" and " chair." The whole scene, we repeat, Wa s Simply most disgraceful. It was most discredit able to the House. It was most disrespectful to the Speaker. It affords absolutely conclusive evidence (if such had been in any way needed) that so far as' human judgment can foresee, Mr. GLADSTONE can never hope to become Leader of the House of Commons, can never dream of a time when he ein attempt to assume the Leadership of the Goveronat ut. From this he is conatituy tienally incapacitated. A man of sun pereonai arrogance can never hope to bring any great politi cal party into sufficient subordination to his master ship. He deals about him language of too much vio lence. He it was, in effect, who was at the bottom of the whole of these proceedings. He it was who had the coarseness, the grossness, the vulgarity to accuse the right hon. gentleman the Leader of the Opposi• tion of foist' tying the despatches by his (Mr. DISRAELI'S) mode of quoting them. When the insinuation was originally thrown out, it was felt to be an outrage to the gentlemanly bearing of the House. It was passed by, however, at the moment with a sort of scorn—after eliciting from the House itself one ejaculatory burst of indignation. The third night of discussion, however, that is to say, last evening, found the vulgar taunt , picked up—like a stale piece of mud that had caked and fallen to the ground—found it picked up anew by congenial fingers and hurled, to all appearance, against the Opposition gene. rally, but, in reality, still individually against the Leader of the Opposition. The Under-Secre tary for Foreign Affairs, when undertaking the vindication of the policy of his chief, had the effrontery to assert that "his noble friend had been greatly misrepresented and wrongfully accused —that against him had been brought garbled extracts, and to use the words of his right hon. friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, falsified extracts from despatches." (Cries of " Oh, oh," from the Opposition benches.) Hence, i❑ fact, later on in the sitting--during a very brilliant speech of the hon. gentleman the member forLeominster—the shameful scene which disgraced the House of Con- mons last evening. Twice during the early part of Mr. HARDY'S speech that gentleman was grossly interrupted by a point blank denial of the accuracy of his state ments. First, by Mr. HORSMAN. Secondly, by Mr. LAYARD. In justification of Mr, HARDY, it will be sufficient, however, to direct attention here to the simple fact that later on in the evening both Mr. HORSMAN and Mr. LAYARD found it necessary to apologise. The right hon. gentleman, the mem ber for Stroud, as became him, apologising like a man, frankly, and in terms as point blank, and as unconditional as the statement for the of which he found it neces sary thus to apologise ! The Under Secretary for Foreign Affsirs, on the other hand, contented himself with a merelypartial, evasive, or conditional semblance of an apology after all! Before even this could be elicited, occurred the incident already cha racterised by us as nothing less than disgraceful to the House, discreditable to the Government, and disrespectful to the Speaker—especially disrespect ful on the part of the Government— , but, most of all, on the part of the Leader of the Government and his principal lieutenant—on the part, namely, of Lord PALMERSTON and Mr. SLADSTONE. utterance That the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, himself violated the rules of the House, himself vio :ated the rules of Debate, the Speaker defined as plainly as Speaker of the House could define any. thing, when he (Mr. SPEAKER) decided that " A des pateh must be on the table of the House before it can be quoted." That by the way. But this insubordi nate stickier for the maintenance of the rules of the House, for the conforming of every one to the laws of debate, the rules and the laws he himself was conspicuously and pertinaciously violating--Mr LAYAItD must needs fling out second-hand the shameful taunt hurled, in defiance of all the rules of courtesy, against a formidable opponent by a man of as rash a tongue and of as irritable a temper as himself, a min, however, of much greater powers, and of much greater position also, namely, by the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It was in reference to this that the member for Leominster remarked last evening, "The hon. gentleman has used language with respect to gentlemen on this side of the House that does no credit either to him or the GJvernment ho represents, and now when the hon. gentleman is convicted of a misstatement which has been made in the hearing of the House—a calumnious statement " (oh, oh, and Conservative cheers) — Hereupon, interjezrs Mr. LAYARD, "I rise to order. I move that the words just used by the hon. gentle man be taken down. I refer to the words, 'cal= nions statement " (cries of " order," " Mr, HARDY added, " If I am not out cf order I shall be eery"—But here interposes no less a personage than —The SPEAKER himself with, " There dirt not appear to me to be anything calling for my interference" Whereupon—and no wonder !—(tremendous cheer ing from the Oppositi:n.) Remember, the decision here, was the decision of the Speaker of the House of Commons—of the Liberal Speaker of the House ------ : of Commons ! And it was against this decision that first of all Lord PALMERSTON, and afterwards Mr, GLADSTONE : had the crowning indecorum to rise to order ! A more outrageous incident than this hal perhaps never blotted with its record the pages of Hansard. It will in no way advance the failing fortunes, elevate the lowered reputation, or brighten the sullied honour of the Go7ernment. It cannot always be with feelings of doubt and suspicion that any initiated observer of events re gards any communication that bears the signature of Herr VON BISMARK. That crafty politician has BO often exhibited himself as the friend of despo tism, the enemy cf freedom, and t':3 uncompro mising upholder of those wily acts of policy which often do more to undermine the welfare of a State than more open and exposed actions.:As if conscious of the bad repute which he bears, and desirous of disarming the criticism which the carry. ing out of his designs has brought upon his country, his despatches are almost always on the defensive. It is quite evident that his addresses are meant as explanations, defences, or accounts to pacify or con tuse those who may have expressed themselves strongly on the subject referred to, or whose opinions are well known without any avowal having been lately made. In this instance an " identical note," has been addressed by the Cabi nets of Vienna and Berlin to the representatives of Austria and Prussia at the Courts of London, Paris, St. Petersburg, and Stockholm. Its object is to explain the conduct of the States alluded to at the Conference. It cannot be said that the bad cause is made much better by the very flimsy dis guise which is thus thrown over its real purpo.e, bat it is most likely that the concocters of this despatch are persuaded that they have done a great deal to do away with awkward impressions, and to vindicate their own characters frcm the charges brought against their policy, and the imputations that have been so freely made against their objects from the first. It has often been said diplomacy is Conducted on very fallacious principles, and it needs but to peruse one of these documents at a crisis like thepr e sent to confirm such on opinion. Here is all Europe layea bya state of just indignation at the perfidy disp prosecuted the war, and the insin in which they Prussia and her ally, the cruel mode cerity that they e xhibited at the Conference , Af t er all this, it seems a perf ect mockery for M.BI S M A RK to tell us that the Government of the ICING went to the Conference "animated by the earnort desire' to put an end to the conflict. When all the policy of Berlin up to the present moment has been one of I aggression throughout, what, in the at Ime of com mon sense, is the We of this peraistec cc in deceit. Is amounts to downright impertineuce, to say the least of it. The whole of this despatch is a tissue of absurdities from beginning to end, and there is no real explanation given throughout its course as to the motives of the Government it affects to re present• Ali that the mediating Powers proposed was impracticable, and the representatives of the KING could not perforce agree to them. " The honour and interest of Prussia" were the objects for which they went into the conclave; but it would puzzle anyone to explain why and wherefore the preservation of these most important attributes required the cession of territories which did not belong to the Sovereign who claimed them virtually for his own, although he affected to regard them as independent States. Yee fact is that the case of M. BISMAIIIi: is so intrinsically bad, that at last he is obliged to give up his defence, and turn round upon his adversaries, throwing the onus of the failure upon them, and casting the odium of the re proach on their actions. But this pretext will not serve his turn among straightforward people, and among those who are willing to uphold his tyrannous doctrines he had better speak out like a man, in stead of persisting in craft and subterfuge. It is now quite evident that Prussia meant the Confer. ence to be a failure, and that the representatives of the Cabinet went into the debate with instructions to differ from all the propositions made by the divers members. The whole affair was meant to give the Ministers of England an opportunity of hoodwink ing the people who complained of their policy. The best reproof that can be given to such a shameful course of trickery and deceit wil be the vote of censure that it lies in the power of the members to pass to-night. It will be a proud thing to reflect upon, that the Parliament of this country has thus given an answer to the unworthy attempts that have been so long made to draw us into combina tion and collusion with the retrograde policy of the German Powers, and which efforts our Ministers have done th. it best to second. While our foreign affairs are just now perplexing and exciting all parties we have good reason to be thankful that a very important matter affecting the internal wellbeing and tranquilii►ty:of England is in a very satisfactory condition. We could not reason ably anticipate after a period of such severe and protracted distress as has fallen upon Lancashire, that plenty and prosperity would be rapidly restored. The catastrophe was not of a nature that could be promptly remedied. The destruction of cotton plantations and the turning of the industry of the Southern States to other purposes dictated by the national necessities,added to the stoppage of trade produced by the blockade, combined to forbid us to look with any confidence to an immediate renewal of our American supply. Even had the war been promptly terminated, or had our Govern ment possessed sufficient spirit and sagacity to have refused the recognition of a blockade which,though injurious, was never effectual, the delay must have been very distressing ; but when all that was to be looked for to set the silent mills going was the produce of a crop not yet sown in new and untried districts, then the prospects were gloomy indeed. Cunning minds and stout hearts were alike fain to acknowledge the heavy burden of the calamity, and to own that for the time, at least they ware powerless to lighten it. It was not to be wondered at that many openly declared their belief that the case was hopeless, that it would be impossible to keep Lancashire's hundreds of thousands from starvation, pestilence, or rebellion, while the long neglected capabilities of India, of Egypt, of Africa, of Australia were called to the rescue. Many, too, doubted whether these coun tries would ever fufil the sanguine expecta tions, which those best acquainted with the subject had formed of them, and it was gravely suggested that the industry of L inclehire had better be turned into other channels, for the cotton trade would never regain its former prosperity. The best answer to the melancholy anticipations is to be found in the report of Mr, MACLCRE, the honorary secretary of the committee for the relief of the manufacturing distress, to whose sagacious and libz ral expenditure of the funds placed at' their disposal we owe so much of the national escape from the dangers of famine, of popular outbreaks, end of epidemic disease. The behaviour of the people of Lancashire has through• out this prolonged crisis been beyond praise; but it would have been more than human had they not felt that their claims on the sympathy and assistance of the nation met with full and prompt acknowlcdg. ment. Had they seen their homes dismantled, their wives and little ones famishing, and the grim wolf at the door, end reflected that thousands of their fellow-countrymen had " bread enough and to spare," without lending them a helping hand, even English endurance might have given way. But the outburst of national feeling was as spontaneous as it was universal—it knew no distinction of rank, of class, of creed, of occupation. The thousands of the peer and the shillings of the peasant all proceed from willing hands, while Englishmen across the seas, the moment the first whisper of the great calamity reached them, despatched their mite to the relief. And although a task of vast responsibility and difficulty remained in the administration of the sums collected among families numbered by thou sands, and personally unknown to the relievers, so that every care was necessary to distinguish want from imposture, enforced idleness from thriftless dissipation, yet the fulfilment of that task has not left a shadow of complaint behind. We may therefore freely accept Mr. MACLURE'S report, rely. . mg on the accuracy which has always distinguished his statistics, and rejoice with him over the good news that, since the opening of the current year, more than 100,000 persons have been taken off the unemployed list—those 100,000 persons, of course, representing the actual relief of a good many more, reckoning their families. There are now only 43 districts out of 170 where it is still considered ne cessary to continue the distribution of relief, and we may hope, under PROVIDENCE, that eve❑ those 43 will soon melt away. The account of the intel- ligence received by the Cotton Supply Association encourages this hope—since in many parts experi- ments with cotton have been attended with unex- petted success. A sample of Sea Island cotton from Queensland was valued at from 3s. 9d. to 41. per lb. It is to ba regretted that the extensive rains have damaged the Quensland crop to some extent, ena it is feared may prove a hindrance to the cultivation in future seasons, Other pars of the colony, how- tver, promise via. The first person who has made- ,be enperirnent at Port Denison announces it to be a success. Sarre acres planted Vf ith c ttou near the South Pine River are producing the second year. From Buenos Ayres We !earn that next year's crop in Paraguay is estimated at 100,000 bales. Other parts of the South American Republics are in a highly satisfactory condition, and the authorities are fully sensible of the great importance of the trade, encouraging the cultivation by every means in their power. In some parts of Greece cott on i s f eJr t h e fi rst time being grown; and in Southern Africa it is becoming a regular investment, The ne\ v Cotton Company have already planted 700 acree, and in other direc• tions there are 500 more, so that there is a reason- able prospect of a good supply froi It the neighbour- hood of Natal. This sesson's crop i. I nOIT coming to marl et, and is selling at from sd. to 6d. pr lb. in the seed. In the West Indies, too, it is hoped that cotton may supply the deficiencies of the sugar trade, and prove more remunerative. And all these various markets are, it is to be hoped, to open to us, without reckoning our Indian supply, which we may reasonably conclude will, with proper encou• ragement, year by year increase in value and amount. It is, perhaps, fortunate that the high prices have been kept up so long to give the neces• sary stimulus to enterprise, so that the cultivation may be firmly established in these new localities, and we may be lifted above the risk of another cotton famine. By the time American cotton comes freely to hand once more, the cultivation will be sufficiently general to make quantity take the place of high price, and to enable the cultivators to find ample remuneration in the cheap supply of an article becoming daily in more demand as civilisa tion spreads throughout the world ; and let us take warning from the bitter experience of the past, and never again depend exclusively on the supply of one nation, however excellent its productions or abundant its resourcEs, THE LATE FIRE IN THE SAVOY. The blackened ruins of the venerable Chapel Royal, in Savoy, were this morning visited by a large number of tha nobility, and universal regret was expressed at the destruction of a building so ancient and so remarkable. The interior of the chapel presents a sight of utter destruction ; not a vestige of anything is in at upright position, with the single instance of the remains of the communion table. The antique monuments and mural tablets are, with few exceptions, entirety destroyed, the marble of which they were composed being reduced nearly to a state of powder by the action of the fire and water. The beautiful tablet erected to the tremor.) o!' Peter de Wint, the painter, is quite destroyed, as far as the exquisite atone carving surrounding it is concerned ; but the slab itself, although crackea and split into many pieces, still remains adhering to the wall. The monument of "Anne Kittigrew,' dated 1385, o❑ the left of the altar, has escßped with the least damage, and that of the Countess of Not tingham, on the right of the sacred spot, although greatly damaged, is not, it is to be hoped, beyond restoration. Nothing remains of the finely carved pulpit, or, indeed, of anything beyond that which we have just mentioned, and as a stranger enters the build. icg, he cannot but be struck with the scene of utter desolation that presents itself. Here and there the s ca ttered fragments of the music books of the choir are to be seen lying on the charred rafters, and in another spot small fragments of the stone-carving, the iro❑ supports of the roof, and brass candelabra are plainly discernible, all fused into one common and incongruous mass. The most pleasing fact connected with such a misfortune is, that the sacred edifice was insured in the Law Insurance office for the sum of . - C4,000, and the directors have expressed to the Rev. Mr. White, the minister of the chapel, their utmost willingness immediately to restore, r_ , far as possible, the sacred edifice. Tht oater walls seem quite sound, and additions strength is given to that suppcaition from tilt solidity of the material need in their construction. Daring the whole of the day the greatest ex citement has prevailed in the neighbourhood, but the po ice, who have charge of the chapel, allow none but privileged persons to pass through the iron gates leading to the venerable Wills and Bequests, The will of the Hon. Edward Henry Roper- Curzon, of Ramsam, near Barnstaple, Devon, was proved in the London Court on the ith ult, by his relict, the sole executrix, to whom he has lot qaeathed the whole of his property. The attesting witnesses are Anne Marla Coolie, gentlewoman, Barnstaple, and Richard 13udd. physician, Barnstaple. Tht testator was the son of Henry Francis Roper, four teenth Baron Tc3nban), who assumed the name of Curzon. Thu will of tEe Rev. Sir Charles Hardinge, Bart., of Boundes Park, Tun luiclge Wells, Vicar of Tun bridge Wells, Vicar of Tunbridge (1809) and Rec tor of Crowhurst (1804), was proved in the Louder. Court on the 3d alt. The personalty was sworr. under £35,000. The executors and trustees are Lady Hardinge, the relict ; the Venerable Reber W. Browne, Archdeacon of B.th, the son-in-law ; Edmund S. Hardinge, Esq., the son ; and Captain Edward Hardinge, R.N., the nephew. Sir Cnarles was the eldest brother of the first Viscount Har dinge,G.C.B. He succeeded his uncle, Sir Richard, as second baronet in 1826, and died on the 3d of February last, at the advanced age of eighty-four. His will bears date in 1844, to which al e added ten codicP.s—the last dated April, 1861. To Lady liar dirge, his relict, besides the property under settle ment, there is an annuity of 4400, a n i m mediate legacy of £2,000, and a life intere s t i n t h e rea l an d personal estate, which, upon her d ecease , w ill be divided amongst the children, who are in the mean- time to receive an interest in the sum of £lO,OOO. There are a few legacies to some of his relatives and 'riende. square, Hyde Park, was prov e d i n the L on don The will of John Bayne, Esq., of Gloucester- Court on the 17th ultimo, and th e person alty sworn under £400,000 ; .the ex ecutors and till:- tees appointed being Cnarles W. Hayne, Esq., D avy, Esq" and Henry 's late p ar t n ers. The the Gibbs, brother, Esci and ., the George testa t will bears date the 2 3 d of Septemb er, 1863, a nd the testator died on the 17th of 'Alay last. To his wife he has bequeathed an immediat e l egacy o f £l,OOO, an annuity of £2,000 a year, a n d t h e w h o l e of the furniture. The oil paintings a n d p l ate a t her de cease he leaves to his eldest sou, an d he has a ppointed H. his three sons and daughters residuary legatees, share and share alike. To his brother and executor he has left an annuity of £6OO, and to his two sisters each an annuity of £3OO, and legacies to some other relatives and friends,—From the Illus trated London News. MARITIME SIGNALS.—The report from the Minister of M arine an d the Colonies on the subject of the labours tithe Anglo-Frenc h commis sion appointed to inquire int o the question o f a system of universal maritime 15 iv.uals. T his docume nt, after some observations on signals p rev i ously in use, su b m its for the Emperor's approval the s y stem drawn up b y :the commis• sion. By means of 18 fl ags combi ne d two by two , three b y three, or four by four, more than 75,000 diff er ent combi nations may be formed, which Mona-ear publishes a eh number is sufficient to express all the communications necessary at sea, aid to in dicate the names of the ships o f war a nd commerce of all nations; for vessels at too great a distance for the colours of the fl ,gs to be distinguisho, t h e same number of com munications may be made by ~ combinations of three balls and two flags. The report is f , )llowed by a n imperial decree ordering the code of signals alluded to to be employed by all French vessels in their communications between each other or with foreign ship, An ulterior notice from the Minister of Marine and tha Colonies will fix the date on which the use of the new ceee w ill co me into operation. GENERAL GRANT IN RATTLE.--A correspondent of the New Fork Times writ.; :—‘‘ I was near Gen. Grant during that terrible Friday (J une 3) in the Wilderness. To all outward appearance be was cool, ca l m , and unoccupied. The skin is so drawn over his forehead that wrinkles there don't show when he is perpltxed, and his beard so hides his mouth that no nervousness there betrays his thoughts. So he sat and whittled, cutting away at his stick with leisurely, measured, meditative strokes much of the time, but turning his knife and cutting at the end nearest him self with short, clipping strokes whenever word came of an important change in the chances of battle. Thus he fought the great contest with knife and s ti c k, and (adds the writer, giving the reins to his fancy) wh en the stick was gone the enemy was beaten." of fisheries in th e river Treninteewtionsg TRENT FISHERIES. —A of proprietors held yesterday, at the house of th e S peaker, palace-Yar d / w h en i t was agreed that an association be formed amalgamating with that of Derbyshire for the preservation of fish in the river Trent and its tributaries. It was decided that Lord Ver non be requested to accept the office of president, and that Major Scott and Mr. Thomas Worthington be appoint joint honorary secretaries. The bankers are Messrs, Evans, Derby, into Whoss lands donations and subscrip tions may be paid, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (R TITER'S TELEGRAMS,) .- --.-- AMERICA. The Royal Mail steamship Scotia arrived at Qaeenstown at 6 10 a.m. this day, with 215 pas sengers and 412,552 dots. in specie. She landed 112 sacks of mails and 18 passengers, and pro- ceeded for Liverpool at 630 a.m. All well. NEW YORK, JUNE 29, Morning. No engagement has taken place at Petersburg since Wednesday. It is supposed that Grant will abandon further assaults, and commence the siege of Petersburg and Fort Darling. Johnstone is heavily reinforcing Lee. Sherman has been repulsed in Georgia, with heavy loss. President Lincoln has officially denied hnv authorised recruiting in Canada. NEW YORK, JUNE 28 (Evening. On Friday the Confederates vacated their en trenchments in Grant's front, and prolonged their right flank against Grant's left, apparently to pro tect the Weldor_ Railroad against Grant's further advance. General Grant has abandcned hia advance upon the Weldon Railroad, and returned to bdforc Petersburg. In AVednesday's engagement the Confederates elaitn to have driven Grant two miles from the Weldon Railroad. Grant and Butler's armies are suffering from scarcity of water and the intense heat. The New York _Herald thinks the capture of Richmond this summer improbable. Sheridan has moved from the White House to the south side of the James River. Hunter reports himself victorious in every en 4age.rnent with the enemy, upon whom he inflicted great injury; but from want of ammunition and Supplies he was compelled to withdr&w. ‘slouthern journals claim that Hunter retreated with a loss of 13 guns. Wilson's cavalry struck the Danville railroad near Burkesville, destroyed the track, and moved ,outttvard, Stanton reports that all the railroads leading to Richmond have been destroyed, Sherman unsuccessfully assaulted I: enesan Aloun ain on the 21th, losing 3,000 men. The Confederates are operating heavily in Sher- man's rear. Advices received here from Mexico announce hat the French have occupied Acapulco and raised he blockade. The City of London, City of Manchester, City o, Cork, and Bavaria have arrived out. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW Y ORK, JUNE 28 (Evening). Money tight. Gold 238. Exchango on London, 257; . on Paris, 2.271 to 2.25. Stocks dull. New York Centrals, 134 ; Illinois 1301 ; Erie, 1141 ; United States Bonds, Five Twenties, 1031. Cotton steady. Middling Upland, 145. Flour and wheat advancing. Corn dull. Provisions ad vancing. Coffee and molasses, good inquiry. Sugar in good demand for export. Crude Petroleum, 47 to 48. Refined do., 72 to 74, NEW YORK, JUNE 29, Money tight. Gold very excited at 248 to 250. Ex3hange on London, 257; on Paris, 2.271 to 2.25 Stocks dull. Now Yark Centrals, 1331; 1291 ; Erie, 114 ; Uuited States Bonds, Five Twenties, 1031. The Government has offered the balance of the '5 million 6 per cent. loan at not less than 4 prem. (FROM THE TIMES' CORRESPONDENT.) Per the Royal Mail Steamship Scotia, via Cape Clear, July 8.) NEW YORK, JUNE 29, 11.30 A.M. The reverse to the 2d Corps of General Grant's irmy on the 22d was greater than at first reported. One entire brigade, besides many other prisoners flci five cannon, were captured. The loss in killed -►nd wounded was heavy. In consequence of this disaster General Grant nas been obliged to abandon his attempt to occupy She railways running south from Petersburg, and tie has withdrawn his lines to their previously in trenched position. Severe skirmishing occurs daily. Several Confederate attacks upon the weaker por tions of the Federal lines have been made, but are stated to have been repulsed. On the 21st a small detachment under General Forster, by direction of General Grant, occupied a position on the north bank of the James River at Four Mile Creek, oppo site Bermuda Hundred. On Friday evening Sheridan commenced crossing the James River, near City Point. He was at' tacked by a heavy Confederate force, which he re pulsed after a severe fight, in which he lost 1,000 men. A portion of his troops were still north of the river on Monday. Mr. Stanton announces that Hunter, finding his ammunition running short, is retreating to Western Virginia, but reports the complete success of his ex pedition to Lynchburg. Confederate despatches of the 25th state that the Confederates were pursuing Hunter, and had attacked him several times, captured 13 of his can non, and inflicted heavy loss upon him in killed, wounded, and prisoners. At last accounts ha was between 50 and 60 miles north-west of Lynchburg. Sherman reports that two columns of his army, ander Macpherson and Thomas, simultaneously at tacked the Confederates at Kenesan Mountains on the 27th, and were repulsed. He admits Thomas's loss at 2,000 and Macpherson's at 500, among whom were General Harker and four colonels. Confederate despatches state the Federal loss at 4,500. Sherman believes the Confederate lots to nave been light, they being protected by breast. works. The Confederate General Pillow is operating on Sherman's rear, and has captured the town of Lafayette. Mr. Lincoln has formally accepted the nornina 'ion of the Baltimore Convention. A mass meeting was held at the Cooper Institute on MoucLy evening, to ratify th© nomination of General Fremont for the Presidency. All the pcukers vehemently denounced M. Lincoln. COMMERCIAL IN' ELLIGENCE. Gold, 250. Exchange, 265. Sixes, registered, 1881, 1031 ; Five-Twenties, Coupons, 1031 ; Seven - Thirties, 1051 ; New York Centrals, 1331 ; Erie, 114 ; Illinois Central, 129:. Cotton closed yesterday 145 c. Breadetuff3 ad vancing, Provisions active, and higher. Sugar steady. Coffee dull. Prices nominal. DENMARK, COPENHAGEN, JULY 6, 2'27 P.M. An address to the King has been proposed in the Rigsraad, thanking his Majesty for his determine• tion to cede territory rather than sacrifice the inde pendence of the country. The rumoured reoignatiou of Clenerra Gioritichi and the appointment of General Steinmann se his successor, ha© been confirmed. SANTO DOMINGO. MADRID, JULY 7, General Gandara has withdrawn the chief con• mend in Santo Domingo from General Santara, who is to proceed to Havana, and there await the orders of the Government. GREECE. ATHENS, JULY 4. The King arrived here unexpectedly at noon ta-day. The eltetions in Corfu will prcbably be ad• journed. Perfect tranquillity reigns throughout the kingdom. [ Cnis telegram has oecupicd nearly four days in transmission.] PRANCE. A letter from Colmar says—" An event of great gravity has just heppened, tending to still more complicate the affair of the Comptoir-Comineroiai of the Haut-Rhin and of the Paluis d'A.uteuil, con• nected with it. M, Jean Kf-iner, considered a ve-y we6lthy man, has been arrested and confined in the prison of this place. The examining magistrate and M. Scalumberger, substitute of the Procureur Im perial, soon after left the town for Gonsbach, for the purpose of there soeliing for the confirmation of certain charges which have been brought against that opulent manufacturer." A fire broke out three days back in the village of Contrevoz (Ain) wnich burnt with such violence rhat before it could be got under, 41 inhabited houses, 38 stables, 32 barns, and a number of other buildings with ad they contained were destroyed. The greater part of the houses being thatched, the flames spread with frightful rapidity. This disaster was caused by the imprudence of a mountebank who sent up a balloon with lighted spirits of wine, which Jell on one of the roofs. He has since taken to flight, but is closely sought for in order that he may be punished. Forty-nine families, composed of 152 persons, have bean reduced to misery by this calamity. The Emperor on hearing of the disaster sent 1,000 fr. for the relief of the sufferers. Ttio Austrian Embassy at Paris has sent the fol lowing communication to the journals:—"The Morning Post, returning to the subject of a pie tended correspondence exchanged between the Ca binets of 'Vienna, Berlin, and Sr. Petersburg, speaks of a private letter which Count do Itt , ,chberg is said to have addressed, on the 7th Feb. last, to Prince de Metternich, on the subject of the rights which the conquest of Schleswig would confer on the German Powers, and of the policy which they intended to follow in face of the attitude assumed by the non- German Governments. The Austrian Embassy is able to give a formal contradiction to the assertions of the English paper. The letter which it makes known to the public has never existed." BOURSE, July 7.—The following securities were yesterday quoted es div.:—Credit Funcier, 32f, 50c. Mobilier, 1001. Northern Railway, 37f. Southern, 25f. Sardinian, 15f. Austrian, 12f. 50c. North of Spain, 15f.; and Madrid to Saragossa, 301. The market has not shown much animation. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 10c. Mobilier hatg. improved. Railway Market quiet, but firm. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents. — Do. emi 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 05 Credit 972 50 Do. end month 975 Bank Shares 3310 Credit ponder 1220 Roman Italian Loan 6S Do. end month 6B 30 Ditto Threes - New Mexicali 56 25 Russian Austrian Spanimh Threes.,, 5O 25 Home Debt .. 4B 50 Deferred . — Is~ILwAY ~. Cash. Account. ......... $72 50 .. 870 -- Northern Lyons and Neclitsrraneari 895 .. 895 New ditto — • • , Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lorpt.irsi ......... North of Fpain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona ..., -• • - 635 636 25 510 - .. 507 50 470 - 470 - 351 25 352 50 398 75 .. 400 - 531 25 „. 537 50 412 50 .„ 415 - 527 60 .. 527 50 BANK OF FRANCE. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) PARIS, July 7. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous accounts : JULY 7. JITNE 30. DR. t. C. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition toCapi_tal (Art. 8 law June 9 1:857) 5,024,708 48 5,003,9.54 29 Reserve in the Bank and its branches Reserve in lanthd property 4,600,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation 77.),309,175 --- 766,609,875 Bank notes to order and re- cciptd payable at sight 6,337,915 56 7,186,004 18 Treasury tic,. cur, creditor 57,850,061 81 91.647,095 94 Currentaccounts—Paris 47,246,731 21 140,684,211 98 Do. branch-banks 22,776,470 24,748,501 Dividends payable; Discounts and sundry interests 28,688,531 80 1,653,902 4S Re-discounts of the last six niontha 2,588,735 17 2,588,735 17 Sundries 1,262,856,023 10 1,278,509,517 03 CR, Cash in hand and branch- banks 276,522,726 93 277,544,816 45 Commercial bills overdue 823,282 05 367,167 65 Commercial bills discounted not yet. due ~ , . 355.995,489 37 381,824,063 17 Do. branch-banks 306,202,026 291,781,375 Advances on deposits of bullion . Do. branch-banks 3,326,100 Advances on Frenchpublic securities .. Do, branch-banks 9,819,450 Ad vances on railway shares and debentures 29,961,300 130,2E0,400 Do. branch-banks 19,784,500 19,53:3,600 Advances on Credit Fon cier Bonds 364 800 Do, branch-banks 386,000 Advances to the State 20,148,200 -- 2,911;600 - 17,126,700 -9,825,20 356,500 - 396 500 -- (Conven. June 10, 1557) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Govt. Stock Reserve 12,480,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Rentes immobilisees (Law June 9, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank Landed property, bran.hes Expenses of ulanagemeLt 95,883 14 9,972 61 Sundries 9,174,720 - 1,262,8 , 56,023 10 1,278,509,517 03 Certified by the Honorary Vice-President of the Counoil of State, Governor of the Bank, AD. VTJITRY. A sharp Yankee went into the shop of a dry goods dealer down East, and thus accosted the pro prietor :—" Squire, do ycu trade P" " Considerable," was the reply. " I mean do you dicker ?" " Some; whatye get ter dicker ?" "A egg." " Whatyo want for a egg ?'' " Guess I'd like a darnin' needle." The required needle was dickered for the egg, and the Yankee was going away, when he turned and said, " squire do you treat ?" " Well, I don't mind if I do," replied the good-natured tradesman. They repaired to an adjacent tavern, and the usual Bour bon was produced. " Hold on," cried the Yankee ; "my chist's weak, and I never could take whisky without a egg in it." The generous shopkeeper handed him the dickered egg, but without asking for his needle back again. The Yankee broke the shell on the edge of the glass, when he exclaimed " Geewilikins I this egg's g.t two yolks. Guess you must gin me anDther darnin' needle, squire."—Zrew York letter. 'TIE LATE OUTRAGE EY BRICKMAKERS.—At the Salford Town Hall, yesterday, Patrick Cullen, of Openshaw, labourer, was charged with being concerned in the late outrage at the briekcroft of Mr A. Ashworth, Regent-road. Police-constable Keogh said he took the defendant into custody in consequence of informati on which he hod obtained.—A brickmaker, named Briscoe, said—About twelve o'clock on the night of the 24th of June, he, with several other brickmak,Ts went to Mr Ashworth's croft to pass the night, He had been in the habit of sleeping at the place. A short time after he had arrived, he saw several men go towards the croft, with some instrument in their hands, and commence destroying a number cf the bricks. He recognised the prisoner. In cross-examination the witness said that, although he had seen the placard offering a reward of £lOO for the apprehen sion of the guilty parties, he did not inform the police, be cause he was afraid of getting into trouble. Mr Ashworth said he visited the croft on the morning of the 25th of June, when he found that about 70,000 bricks had been destroyed. The damage amounted to £3O. The last witness had been in the habit of sleeping in the croft. The prisoner was ;oulandeti to No4day, Dail jniug refund, _ TN 4 z I 1: 1 i /4-f linrt tlnmair HER MAJESTY, WINDSOR CASTLE, July 7, Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Bar rington and Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, went by special train to Twickenham yesterday, ar.d visited the Duke and Duchess d'Aurnale. After wards the princesses drove in an open carriage and four to Ham Common, and visited the Duke and Duchess de Chartres, and returned to Windsor Castle, in the evening. Her Royal Highness the Princess Blanche of Orleans arrived at the Castle. The Countess Dowager Spencer and the Right lion. Sir Cnarles Wood also arrived, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Louis of Hesse, drove in the grounds this morning. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Prince Louis of Hesse went out riding, attended by the Hon. Horatio Stop ford and Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Beatrice and Princess Blanche of Orleans took a carriage drive. Her Royal Highness the Princess Victoria of Hesse took an airing in the Home Park. The Prince and Princess of Wales, The Price, of Wales rode on horseback yester• day, attended by Captain Grey. The Prince and Princess of Wales went to the French Gallery in Pdll-inall, to view M. Gudin'a picturo of the " Arrival of .Napoleon 111. at Genoa during the Italian War." The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive in the afternoon, In the evening their royal highnesses went t the Italian Opera, Covent-garden, attended by th MarehionvEs of Carmarthen and Captain Grey. TUE COURT.—It is expected that the Court Wi leave Windsor for Obborne on Monday next, where th Queen will probably remain a month or six weeks; alto which a trip will be made to Balmoral. Their Royal Highnesses the Count and Countess de Paris and suite have arrived at the Clarendon Dote from Woodnorton, the seat of the Duke d'Autnale, in Worcestershire. Louisa Marchioness of Waterford has left Far rance's hotel for Ford Castle, NM. The Countess Cowper had a ;mall and early party yesterday evening, at the family mansion in St. James's square. The Earl and Countess of Seafield and Lord Reidhaven have left the Clarendon Hotel for Cullen House, Banffshire, N.B. Viscountess Palmerston will have an assembly to-morrow night at Cambridge House. Lady Lianover has arrived in Great Stanhope street from South Wales. The Hon. Catherine Nanneck, eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Huntingfield, expired on the 4th inst. at lireuznach, in Germany. Her ladyship, who was the daughter of the present Lord Huntingfield, was born in 1840. Lady Charlotte Schreiber's ball will take place this evening. His Excellency M. de Bairn has left Manrigy's Hotel for Berlin. The Marquis de Castania has arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jetmyn-street, from rtaly, Lady Moleswortn entertained at dinner last evening the Earl of Wicklow, the Duchess of St. Albans, Lady Diana Beauclerk and Viscount Falkland, Lord Harris, Lord and Lady Abercromby, Lady Rolle, Lord and Lady Aveland, Lord and Lady Carew, Mr and Mrs. Fellowes, Mr and Mrs Hughes (d Kimmel), Sir Hume and Lady Campbell, Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane and Lady Cochrane, &c. The Representation of Huddersfield. Mr. T. P, Crossland, who will contest Hudders field at the next election, has issued an address to the electors of that borough, in which he says : " In politics I am a Liberal, as I have always been ; and I shall continue to support such measures of reform as are likely to advance the interests and develope the intelligence and resources of this great country. I should support a large and well-consia dared measure of parliamentary reform, introduced either by the Government of the day or by a power ) ful patty in Opposition ; and I am anxious to see any suer measure aim rather at the extension of the suffrage to the intelligent, industrious, and thrifty portions of the now excluded than merely at the lowering of the brick and mortar test. With my present views 1 would support a measure based on a £6 rating for boroughs and a £lO rating for counties, I would further give the vote, both in counties and boroughs, to every man assessed to the income and property tax. Be lieving, as I do, that while any portion of the community remains excluded from the franchise, and those who possess it hold it as a trust, I regard it as essential to the proper exercise of that trust that it should be openly discharged, and I cannot therefore support the ballot. As a sincere Church man, and in the interests of the Church itself, I feel that in the absence of a well-considered and approved compromise of the conflicting interests involved in the difficult question of Church rates, it would be wise to abolish such rates altogether; but at the sometime I hold myself free to vote either for their total abolition or for any attainable fair compromise and just settlement of the question: While I would advocate economy in every branch of the public service, I would, at the same time, maintain our national defences prepared and fitted for every pos sible emergency. I have been, and still am, a great admirer of Lord Palmerston, and in the main lamso of his present Government. I would, how ever, afford a cordial and willing support to Lord Derby or any other Minister introducing such mead sures and so conducting the Government of the country as would in my judgment promote its pro sperity and maintain its honour and dignity. In a word, if I go to Parliament, I go as an indepen dent member, free to act and to vote as my own judgment, guided by the leading principles I have stated, may dictate or suggest. I would meddle as little in the affairs of other nations as may be compatible with the high position this great country ought to occupy, having duo regard to its extensive commercial interests and to its numerous distant dependencies. I very much ap prove of the part take❑ by the Government with reference to toe sanguinary conflict still waging across the Atlantic. lam not, in the present state of things, prepared to advocate our going to war, single handed, on the Danish question. At the same time I deeply regret that our Government should, by its conduct, have held out to Denmark hopes and expectations which it was not prepared to maintain and secure, by armed interposition it accessary; and as a general rule, I regard it as derogatory to the influence and prestige of this country to interfere in the affairs of other nations, unless prepared to assert her power and authority if remonstrance should prove unavailing." 4 REPORT FROM THE SEA.—ILFRACOMBE, July 6.—A bottle was picked up at sea this morning, containing a paper on which the following was written in p enc il The Ocean Queen, G. Arm: trong, master, has been sunk off Bermuda, Feb. 4, 1t64. All hands, with the exception of two, James Dadds and John Williams, who were drowned, are in the boats. She sailed from Liverpool, Dec, 11, 1863, and tho owners are Messrs. John son and Lake, Liverpool.—G. A nmsTitoNG, ma s t er . , ' THE BUILDERS' LOCK OUT IN VII OLVERHAMPION. —Yesterday building operations recommenced at Wolverhampton, after a six weeks' part strike and part lock out. The bricklayers have mediated between the labourers and the master builders, and induced the men to withdraw the notice for an advance of wages, on the ground that they ought to have given a three months' and not a fortnight's notice ; the masters, on the other hand, have withdrawn the lock out. This done, the masters gave the labourers an advance of is a week all the year round, to make 18s in , the summ er and 16s in the winter, but they refuse to make the wages in the winter equal with thos3 in the summer, which the men at first required. They have, however, promised to consider any application that the men may make to then on, any occasion after a three months' notice, ~. FRIDAY EVENING, JULY S, 1864,